Boy that last cake could sure be an ego boost for men everywhere. :) For the first one Valitenis sounds a bit like a sport...maybe they got it confused with tennis because there's loves in both? (nyuk nyuk)

Spelling aside, the roses and lettering on #2 were certainly red!I love Bee mine--with the bee, but it didn't quite do anything for me with pink and blue stripes.I know, I know, I'm a old grouch cause nobody will send me a cake on "Valentimes" day.

If you read that first cake as "Valen-tennis" visually inserting an extra "n" then the whole tennis/love thing makes sense. I didn't even consider the word that rhymes with Venus. If I'm lucky I'll just get a dozen roses instead of a cake for Valentine's. Although the roses (real ones) aren't nearly as funny...Huge Me....my husband would get that one for himself.....and I'd be horking cake out of my nose.

The second to last cake is my absolute favorite. Even with the extra e on the end. Maybe it's just because it's in my favorite color, or because I'm just hungry for something sweet, but I do like it anyway.

i got the Sweet heart thing too, even though it would be better if sweet was in the center and the cake didnt look like blood... but someone already mentioned this so i'm just wasting space here... la la lalal alalala

WhateverwhateverwhatEVER!That blood-red, gloppy gunk on the 2nd cake just--I don't--I can't--Oh, forget it and just kill me, already.How could anyone actually consider presenting that abomination to a (supposed) loved one???It looks as if the writing was scrawled on by a person who was struggling to "get the job done" right after he or she had just been stabbed (with a cake knife) in the gut by a crazed cake-hater.Yuh--the writing is THAT bad.

I can't go a day without checking up on the latest wrecks! I need my laugh fix. ;) Thank you for the fun commentary!And the Bee cake was adorable, other than that, I'll pass... maybe I'd even pass out...

After being completely obsessed with looking at perfect cake pictures (2 birthdays and a wedding coming up to bake for) and 50 Valentinis (hehe) cookies for my 5yr olds Friday Party, it's such a relief to know my cakes aren't half bad after all hehe

Sendingintheclowns - to answer your question about Cake #2. My 6 year old boy (at the time) picked out that cake - you know, the more frosting, the better. So it wasn't actually "presented" to give to anyone as a gift. And it was only $4.99 (single layer cake) - just purchased for us to take home and eat. I commented earlier regarding the "cake decorator".

Chris said... Sendingintheclowns - to answer your question about Cake #2. My 6 year old boy (at the time) picked out that cake - you know, the more frosting, the better. So it wasn't actually "presented" to give to anyone as a gift. And it was only $4.99 (single layer cake) - just purchased for us to take home and eat. I commented earlier regarding the "cake decorator".******************************Thanks for the clarification; I feel not much better. ;) I still think it is an abomination, whether it was presented or not. Frankly, as a simple display item it's enough to scare away anything BUT a child. Having had at-one-time-young children of my own, I do know that most of their taste is in their mouths! BTW, it's "sendingtheclowns," not "sendingintheclowns."My little twist on Sondheim's song, "Send In the Clowns."

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